All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001) | Trailer | Hayato Ichihara| Shûgo Oshinari | Ayumi Itô

For young people around the world, music is often the only salvation when pain and suffering becomes too much to bear. Yuichi (Hayato Ichihara) is in 8th grade and worships Lily Chou-Chou, a Björk-like singer whose lush and transcendent music provides the perfect escape from his brutal surroundings. Yuichi also finds solace as the moderator of an online chat room dedicated to his pop idol, but as his real life nightmare of teenage prostitution, crime and bullying grows more untenable, will Lily be enough to save him from isolation and despair? Director: Shunji Iwai Writer: Shunji Iwai Stars: Hayato Ichihara, Shûgo Oshinari, Ayumi Itô